Senate Majority Leader John Thune is stuck between the public, painful demands from President Trump to cancel the August recess and the pleas of members to let them go home. Why it matters: For senators, the summer recess is next to holy. For the president, confirming his nominees is simply more important.

Senate Republicans are weighing whether to heed President Trump’s call to cancel some or all of the August recess to approve key nominees or to use the full month to go home and sell the

Senate Majority Leader John Thune signaled that he is considering canceling the upper chamber’s traditional late summer vacation after the president called on him to work overtime on confirming White House appointments.